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1) Airblade Rasmussen Titanium
It's old, but if you know where to find a racket with a shaft as stiff as this one, I'd like to hear about it. Not too weighty once you get some thinner strings on it, but enough to make smashing worthwhile.

2) Airblade Tour (Wasp)
More flexible, but that means you can play with plastic shuttles without trouble. The Rasmussen Ti just chews up plastics. Also quite old and you'll have to get rid of the original strings. Very light and headlight to boot, so great for a net player. Not difficult to clear, but smashing from the back may prove futile.

3) Razor V1.1
Heavier and much more flexible than the Rasmussen, making it a much better singles racket. Clearing's easier, and if you want to smash without much effort, then this can do it. Finding the right tension's a bit hard though.

4) My first racket was crooked ... it'd been welded back together after it'd snapped But a first racket's like your first woman, no?